Digital Media BI and Visualization Analyst

Job categories: Communications, IT

Vacancy code: VA/2019/B5011/19018

Level: ICS-8

Department/office: NYSC, SDC, UN Technology Support Services

Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya

Contract type: International ICA

Contract level: IICA-1

Duration: Open-ended subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and/or satisfactory performance

Dealine date:  08-Jan-2020

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

 Background Information – Job-specific

The United Nations Support Office for Somalia (UNSOS) is mandated to provide administrative and logistics support to its partners in implementing the United Nations Security council resolution on Somalia.

The incumbent will work under the guidance of the Innovation and Technology Unit of the Field Technology Section of UNSOS. The Big Data Analytics and Digital Media Support project team serves as the primary focal point for the Mission’s Big Data analytics and Digital Media engagement to benefit AMISOM and UNSOM. The team will determine and establish mechanisms for developing substantive multi-dimensional data sets and other relevant digital information. The team will cultivate abstract data, operational data, survey data, geospatial data and other forms of media content and employ machine learning algorithm as necessary to decipher key indicators, both internal and external, that may impact the Somali society vis a vis the concurrent mandates of the African Union and the United Nations in the country.

This is a position in UNOPS for supporting projects carried out for or in UNSOS. The incumbent of this position will be a personnel of UNOPS under its full responsibility.

Functional Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of UNOPS Senior Programme Manager, the Digital Med…

 Education/Experience/Language requirements

a. Education A Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Business Administra…

Competencies

Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc…

 Contract type, level and duration

Contract type:   Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA)  Cont…

 Additional Considerations

Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time Applications …

Background Information – UNOPS

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful imp…